It has been so long since I have written this blog in the daylight – the last couple of weeks have been speed typing at half an hour before midnight. This week has been as busy as usual – on…
Sunday Poem – Nia Davies
This week I have been mainly recovering from my cold. A few incredibly exciting things have happened this week, which I can’t really tell you about, so maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned them. As well as being very exciting, I’ve…
Sunday Poem – Alison Brackenbury
Evening all – I got back at about 8.30 from a brilliant weekend in Cardiff at the XX Women’s Writing Festival. It didn’t get off to the best start as in my usual dramatic fashion, I felt so ill on…
Ranting is Never A Good Idea
So I have been in bed for the last two days with a flu/stomach bug type thing. More accurately I have been lying on the sofa along with the two dogs and the cat, the remote controls, copious amounts of…
Sunday Poem – David Constantine
Hello everybody. I’ve just got back from an amazing weekend at a residential course at Rydal Hall near Ambleside. This course was the culmination of the Writing School – an 18 month intensive course I’ve been taking part in, run…
Sunday Poem – Paul Stephenson
So this weekend I’ve been down in Leicester for my dad’s 60th birthday – his birthday is actually Thursday but we had a meal for him on Saturday – there were 16 of us altogether, mainly sisters, brother in laws,…
Sunday Poem – Moniza Alvi
Evening folks – I’m really excited about this week’s Sunday Poem because it is by one of my favourite poets, Moniza Alvi. I’ve been reading Moniza’s work since I first started writing poetry – so am very happy that she…
The Blogging Tour
Evening folks. You lucky lucky people! Two blog posts in two days – unheard of generosity from me. The poet Em Strang got in touch with me via Facebook a couple of months ago to ask me if I’d be…
Sunday Poem – Jane Houston
Evening folks! I have had a BRILLIANT weekend – my much-talked about (by me) Poetry Marathon occurred yesterday. On Saturday morning I got the 6.15am train to the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. I have been working on a project where…
Sunday Poem – Ian Duhig
Evening folks! Today I told my hubby I ‘need’ to write my blog, so managed to get out of that most awful part of decorating, the tidying up afterwards. This weekend my mum and dad have been visiting – they…